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Old 01-22-2008, 11:49 AM   #14
troutman
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100 years ago perhaps 1% of Canadians would have described themselves as non-religious. Today, between 10-20%. I think you can see where this trend is headed. Europe is already over 50% in some countries.

16% world wide.

http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

Even in the US, those of "no religion" have grown from 8.4% in 1990 to 15% in 2001, with a numerical growth of 105.7%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demogra...us_affiliation

What place for God in Europe?

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0222/p01s04-woeu.html

Today, just 21 percent of Europeans say religion is "very important" to them, according to the most recent European Values Study, which tracks attitudes in 32 European countries. A survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that nearly three times as many Americans, 59 percent, called their faith "very important."


Although a Gallup poll found last year that 44 percent of Americans say they attend a place of worship once a week, the average figure in Europe is only 15 percent, although the picture varies widely across the Continent.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/can_rel2.htm

In Canada those with no religious affiliation has gone from 12.6% in 1991 to 16.5% in 2001.
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